ORIENTAL CICADIDM. 115 7. Huechys celebensis. (Tab. III., figs. 8, a, h.)
Uueclujs celebensis, Distant, Ann. Mus. Civ. Genoa, ser. 2a, vol. vi. p. 519 (1888). $ . Closely allied to //. pinriaida, Dist., but differing by the much darker hue of the tegniina and by the greater length of the second apical area to same, which has its base much nearer to the base of first area than in //. jnngenrla; a waved fuscous line or pseudo-vein also crosses tegmiua from base of second ulnar area to base of lower apical area ; the wings are bronzy-brown, with the venation black. The abdomen above is pitchy-black, with the segmental margins and a dorsal line dull reddish ; the abdomen beneath is pale dull reddish, with an obscure central series of dull pitchy spots. Long. excl. tegm. $ , 23 millim. Exp. tegm. (50 millim.
Hab. — ^Ialayan Archipelago, S.E. Celebes : Kandari (0. Beceari — Genoa Mus. and coll. Dist.). b. Priinotum with a distinct central fascia.
8. Huechys thoracica, (Tab. III., ligs. 3, a, h.)
Hueihys thoracica, Distant, J. A. S. Beng. vol. slviii. p. 39, t. 11, f. 3 (1879) ; Atkins. J. A. S. Beng. vol. liii. p.219,n.27(1885).
2 . Body and legs black ; front and face to head, a central hour-glass-shaped fascia to pronotum, a central and two lateral spots to mesonotum, abdomen, and sternum, sanguineous; margins of front, a broad basal fascia to face, and some sternal spots, black.
Tegmina pale fuscous and semi-opaque ; wings semi-hyaline, slightly tinged with fuscous, the venationdarkfuscous.
The rostrum just passes the intermediate coxae ; the face is large, somewhat compressed, and very coarselystriate.
Long. excl. tegm. 2 , 17 to 20 millim. Exp. tegm. 39 to 50 millim. Hab. — Burma: Karen Hills and Euby Mines (Doherty — coll. Dist.). Tenasserdi (Limborg — Calc. Mus.); Myitta (Doherty — coll. Dist.).
This is both a well-marked and apparently constant species.
0. Huechys lutulenta, n. sp. (Tab. XIV., figs. 1, u, h.)
$ . Head and thorax above and beneath dull ochraceous ; vertical area of head, a central hourglass-shapedfascia,andthemarginsofpronotum,castaneous;mesonotumwithtwosmallobconical spots on anterior margin, with a smaller and more obscure spot on each side, the cruciform elevation, — excluding apices,— three spots in front of same, — the central one largest, — and a spot ou each side, castaneous. Abdomen brownish-ochraceous ; legs castaneous.
Tegmina pale uniform brownish, opaque; basal cell and a spot beneath it fuscous; wings pale hyaline, sometimes with violaceous reflexions, and with a basal fuscous streak on inner margin. Eostrum reaching the intermediate coxffi ; face large, somewhat compressed, coarsely striate, and longitudinally sulcated for about half its length.
Long. excl. tegm. ? , 17 to 21 millim. Exp. tegm. 46 to 48 millim. Hab. — Malayan Archipelago : Borneo, Kiua Balu Mt. (Whitehead— coll. Dist.). I possess two female specimens of this distinctly marked and coloured species.
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10. Huechys dohertyi, n. sp. (Tab. XIV., figs. 2, a, b.)
Head, thorax and abdomen dull ochraceous ; base of face, anterior margin of front and whole vertex of head, black. Pronotum with a central hour-glass-shaped fascia, the fissures and the margins black. Mesonotum with four central obconical spots,—the two central spots smallest,—the cruciform elevation, and a central angulated spot in front of same, blackish. Abdomen, both above and beneath, with a more or less distinct marginal series of blackish spots, blackish segmental fascife, and two blackish central longitudinal fascife to anal appendage. Legs black.
Tegmina pale brownish ; the venation, costal membrane and postcostal area darker in hue. 'Wings pale hyaline ; the venation and a basal streak on inner margin fuscous. The rostrum reaches the intermediate coxte ; the face is more or less longitudinally sulcated for its ■whole length, and coarsely transversely striate.
Long. excl. tegm. <? and ? , 18 to 21 millim. Exp. tegm. 48 to 52 millim. Hab. — Malayan Aechipelago : S.E. Borneo (coll. Dist.).
Var. a.
Tegmina with obscure greyish-white streaks in all the areas. Hab. — Malayan Aechipelago : S.E.Borneo (Doherty — coll. Dist.). Apart from the very distinct colour markings, this species may be distiuguished from the preceding by the more longitudinally sulcated face.
11. Huechys chryselectra. (Tab. XIV., figs. 3, a, b.)
Huechys chi-yseh'ctni, Distant, Ami. Mus. Civ. Genoa, ser. 2a, vol. vi. p. 520 (1888). <? . Head and thorax above ochraceous ; vertex of head somewhat darker in hue ; a large black spot on each lateral area of the pronotum. Abdomen above pale castaneous, the segmental margins very narrowly ochraceous. Head beneath, sternum, legs, and opercula, dull ochraceous ; head, excluding face and the coxfB, castaneous. Abdomen beneath as above.
Tegmina pale brown and opaque, the venation concolorous ; wings very pale brownish and semihyaline.
The face has the central sulcation very distinct, but not extending beyond two-thirds of its length. Long. excl. tegm. <? , 18 millim. Exp. tegm. 44 millim.
Hab. — Malayan Aechipelago : Borneo. Saeawak (Doria and Beccari — Genoa Mus.). 12. Huechys haematica. (Tab. XIV., figs. 4, a, b.)
Huechys hamatica, Distant, Ann. Mus. Civ. Genoa, ser. 2a, vol. vi. p. 454, t. iv. f. 5, n, h (1888). ? . Body above sanguineous ; pronotum with a large oblique black spot on each lateral area ; eyes dull ochraceous. Body beneath sanguineous; legs castaneous. Tegmina pale greyish-brown, with darker suffusions along the venation ; base narrowly sanguineous. Wings pale bluish-grey, with darker suffusions along the venation ; base narrowly sanguineous. The rostrum reaches the posterior coxfe ; the face is much compressed, with a slight narrow central longitudinalsulcation.
Long. excl. tegm. ? , 20 millim. Exp. tegm. 45 millim.
Hab. — Tenassebim : Mt. Mooleyit, 600-1200 m. (Fea— Genoa Mus.).
ORIENTAL CICADID/E. 11"; Genus SCIEROPTERA.
Scieroptera, Stfil, Hem. Afr. vol. iv. p. 4 (18G6); Atkins. J. A. S. Beng. vol. liii. p. 220 (1885); ihid. vol. Iv. p.155(1886).
General character of Ilucchijs, but diflfering from that genus by not having the face longitudinally sulcated.
Scieroptera is quite confined to our faunistic area, and is distributed throughout Continental India, Burma, Tenasserim, and onwards through the Malayan Archipelago. 1. Scieroptera splendidula. (Tab. XIV., tigs. 5, a, b.) Tettiijunia splendidida, Fabricius, Syst. Ent. p. 681 (1775) ; Sp. Ins. ii. p. 821, n. 20 (1781); Mant. Ins. ii. p. 267, n. 25 (1787); Syst. Rhyng. p. 42, n. 49 (1803). Cicada splendidula, Gmel. Ed. Syst. Nat. i. 3, p. 2098, n. 83 (1782); Oliv. Enc. Meth. v. p. 756, n. 47 (1790); Germ. Tbon. Arcb. ii. p. 45, u. 102 (1830); Guer. Mag. Zool. p. 79, n. 9 (1838); Westw. in Donov. Ins. China, t. 10, f. 4 (1842).
Scieroptera spletididula, St;ll, Berl. Eut. Zeit. s. p. 109 (1800); Atkins. J. A. S. Beng. vol. bii. p. 220, n. 80 (1885); ihid. vol.lv. p. 155, n. 25 (1886); Dist. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genoa, ser. 2a, vol. vi. p. 455 (18881. Body black ; margins and a central fascia to pronotum, margins and a central fascia to mesonotum, ocbraceous ; cruciform elevation ocbraceous, its central area blackish ; lateral margins of sternum ochraceous. Abdomen and femora — excluding apices — reddish-ochraceous ; abdomen frequently with a central dorsal longitudinal black macular fascia.
Tegmina very dark fuscous ; wings hyaline, slightly tinged with ochraceous. Long. excl. tegm. <? and 2 , 12 to 18 millim. Exp. tcgm. 35 to 44 millim. Hab.— Continental India: Margherita in Assam (Doherty— coll. Dist.). Tenasserim (coll. Dist.). Malayan Archipelago, Sumatra (Bock — coll. Dist.). China (Westwood). Var. a, cuprea.
Huechijs cuprea, Walk. Journ. Linn. Soc. Zool. vol. s. p. 95 (1807). Costal membrane of the tegmina ochraceous.
Long. excl. tegm. 15 to 20 millim. Exp. tegm. 32 to 53 millim. Hab.— Continental India: Sikkim and Khasi Hills (coll. Dist.). Burma: Momeit (Doherty— coll. Dist.) Malayan Archipelago, Borneo: Kina Balu Mt. (Whitehead— coll. Dist.). Celebes: Minahassa (coll. Dist.) ; Tondano (Brit. Mus.).
Var. h, trabeata.
Cicada trahcata. Germ. Tbon. Arcbiv. ii. p. 3 (1830); Guer. Mag. Zool. p. 78, n. 7 (1838). Huechys trabeata, Atkins. J. A. S. Beng. vol. Uii. p. 219, n. 28 (1885). Tegmina paler than in far. a ; ground colour of pronotum purplish in place of black ; front of bead markedwithpurplish.
iiab. — Malayan Archipelago, Java (Forbes — coll. Dist.). Var. c.
Tegmina as in lar. a, but legs and face uniformly ochraceous. Hab.— Co.ntinental India : " North India " {sic) (coll. Dist.).
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Var. d.
As var. c, but the tibi^ and tarsi blackish ; head with the margins of front and the lateral areas of vertex ochraceous.
Hab.—Burma : Momeit (Doherty—coll. Dist.).
This is a most variable species, of wide distribution. It is probable tliat none of the varieties are of a truly local character; the only one that appears to be so (according to IJresent knowledge) is the Javan traheata, Germ.
2. Scieroptera crocea. (Tab. XIV., figs. 6, a, b.)
Cicada crocea, Guerin, Voy. Favorite, v. p. 159, t. 45, f. 3 (1829); Voy. CoquUle, Zool. ii. p. 182 (1830); Mag. Zool. Ins. p. 79, n. 8, t. 237, f. 3 (1839).
Scieroptera crocea, Still, Berl. Ent. Zeit. x. p. 169 (1866); Atkins. J. A. S. Bang. vol. liii. p. 220, n. 29 (1885); ibid. vol. Iv. p. 155, n. 24 (1886).
Closely allied to the preceding species, S. splendidula, of which it may probably prove but another variety. Differs by the tegmina being semi-hyaline, and very pale ochraceous, with the venation darker ochraceous. The face is black, with the margins ochraceous. Long. excl. tegm. 3^ and ? , 15 to 20 millim. Exp. tegm. 40 to 57 millim. Hab. — Continental India : Bombay (Leith — coll. Dist.). Malayan Archipelago, Sumatra (Ludeking — Leyd. Mus.), Toba-reis, Tandjong, Morawa, Serdang (Hagen — Leyd. Mus.), Soekadam, Lampong (Van Hasselt— Leyd. Mus.). Java: (Van Lansberg— Leyd. Mus.). Borneo: Sarawak (Genoa Mus.). Var. a.
Face altogether pale castaneous ; legs ochraceous.
Hab.— Malayan Archipelago, Java (coll. Dist.).
3. Scieroptera fumigata. (Tab. XIV., fig. 7.)
Huechys fumigata, Stal, Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Forb. 1854, p. 244 (1854). Scieroptera fumigata, Stal, Berl. Ent. Zeit. x. p. 169 (1866); Atkins. J. A. S. Bang. vol. liii. p. 220, n. 31 (1885). Of this species I have figured a typical specimen in the Stockholm Museum, and append a copy of the original description of Stal.
" Capite, thorace scutelloque nigris horum marginibus lateralibus, maculisque 2 oblongis, flavis, hemelytris fusco-vinaceis, costa nervisque dilute flavo-testaceis ; alls dilute vinaceo-hyalinis ; abdomine femoribusque testaceis, illo dorso nigricante tibiisque tarsisque nigro-piceis. " Long corp. 12 ; exp. tegm. 28 mill."
Hab.— Continental India : " Ind. Orient." {sic.) (Stockh. Mus.), North Bengal (coll. Dist.), Margherita in Assam (Doherty—coll. Dist.).
Genus MOGANNIA.
Mogannia, Amyot & Serville, Hist, des Hem. p. 467, n. 366 (1843); Stal, Hem. Afr. vol. iv. p. 5 (1866). Cephaloxys, Sign. Ann. See. Ent. Fr. ser. 2, vol. v. p. 294 (1847). Body short, broad, robust. Head, including eyes, a little broader than long, and narrower than the base of mesonotum, the front conically produced ; ocelli about the same distance from the eyes as from
ORIENTAL CICADID.K. 119 €ach other ; face oblique or obliquely convex. Pronotum narrower in front than behind, the lateral margins non-ampliatcd and slightly oblique, the posterior lateral angles moderately reflexed and lobately rounded. Anterior femora spined or dentate. Tympana more or less completely exposed ; opercula small, usually obliquely convex, and not quite covering the cavities. Tegmina with their basal halves usually more or less brilliantly coloured, sometimes opaque ; the costal margin, before the centre, suberect; the basal cell long ; apical areas eight in number, the first longer than the second. This genus is again confined to the Hmits of our fauuistic area, and hence all the described species are here enumerated. They somewhat resemble in appearance several of the smaller Sphingida).* 1. Mogannia viridis. (Tab. XIV., figs. 8, a, h.)
O-phahxi/s viridis, Siguoret, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. ser. 2, vol. v. p. 29-1 (1847); StiU, Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Forh. 1863, p.
483.
Cephaloxysrostratn,Walk.ListHorn.i.p.233,n.4(1850).
Body above pale green, inclining to ochraceous, or, in some specimens, reddish-ochraceous. Tegmina and wings pale hyaline, the venation olivaceous or ochraceous (usually resembling the hue of the body); tegmina slightly suffused with greenish or ochraceous at base, the costal membrane generally reddish-ochraceous.
The face is obliquely concave, the base being prominently and conically produced ; the rostrum about reaches the intermediate coxje ; the opercula are slender and oblique ; the anterior femora beneath have two small but distinct spines near apex.
Long. excl. tegm. 3^ and 2 , 15 to 18 millim. Exp. tegm. 45 to 47 millim. Hab.— Continental India : Mungpoo in Bengal (coll. Dist.) : Naga Hills and Margherita in Assam (Dohcrty— coll. Dist.). Burma: Momeit (Doherty— coll. Dist.). M-ilay Peninsula: Perak (Doherty— coll. Dist.). Malayan Archipelago, Java (coll. Sign, and Brit. Mus.).
Of eleven specimens of this species now in my collection, only one belongs to the female sex.
2. Mogannia fulva. (Tab. XIV., figs. 9, a, li.)
Ceplialoxysfuha, Walker, Joiun. Liun. Soc. Zool. vol. x. p. 94, n. 29 (1867). Closely allied to M. viridis, Sign., but differing by the front of the head, which is much less produced tlian in that species ; the face is also wider, more compressed, and much less obliquely concave than in .1/. viridis. The opercula are more slender and wider apart.
The colour of the specimen before me and of that described by Walker is ochraceous, but probably fresh specimens are of a greenish hue.
Long. excl. tegm. <? , IG millim. Exp. tegm. 42 millim.
Hab.— Malayan Arciiipelago, New Guinea icdU. Dist. ; Wallace— Brit. Mus.). 3. Mogannia obliqua. (Tab. XIV., figs. 10, a, /-.)
Mogannia obliqua, Walker, List Hem. Suppl. p. 39 (1858); Atkins. J. A. S. Beng. vol. liii. p. 232, n. 87(1885); Dist. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genoa, ser. 2a, vol. vi. p. 455, n. 8 (1888). 5 . Head and pronotum above pale greenish or greenish-ochraeeous; head with the apex of front and the basal area blackish. Pronotum with a central triangular blackish fascia. Mosonotum with a broad -ItwasevidentlyspeciesofthiagenusthatweredescribedinthelateDr.Stoliczka'scollectionas"mightataglance hemistakenformoths."—(V.Ball,'JungleLifeinIndia,'p.888).
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central fascia constricted near the middle, black. Abdomen above ocliraceous, sometimes greenish. Abdomen beneath more or less suffused with blackish. Legs castaneous, with the coxae and femora streaked with blackish, or legs dark castaneous, with the intermediate and posterior tibise and tarsi pale greenish. Tegmina jiale hyaline, the costal membrane pale castaneous ; an oblique transverse fuscous fascia from end of radial area to apex of lower ulnar area, where it is more or less irregularly continued along inner margin to base ; basal cell and base slightly suffused with pale brilliant ocliraceous or greenish. Wings pale hyaline; extreme base and lower basal margin of tegmina sanguineous. The face is obliquely concave ; the rostrum just reaches the intermediate coxje ; the anterior femora in the female are not distinctly spined.
Long. excl. tegm. ? , 15 to 18 millim. Exp. tegm. 45 to 50 millim.
Hab. — Continental India : Sikkim (Calc. Mus.) ; Assam (Chennell — coll. Dist.) ; Naga Hills and Margherita (Doherty — coll. Dist.) ; Mungpoo in Bengal (coll. Dist.). Burma : Momeit (Doherty — coll. Dist.) ; Eangoon and Charin Cheba (Fea — Genoa Mus.). Malayan Archipklago, Java (Brit. Mus.). Of thirteen species now in my own collection all belong to the female sex, and I am unable to figm-e or describe the opercnla of the male.
4. Mogannia doriae. (Tab. XIV., figs. 11, a, h.)
Moi/KiiniadoricB,Distant,Ann.Mus.Civ.Genoa,ser.2a,vol.vi.p.520(1888).
? . Body above shining brownish-ocliraceous. Head with the anterior margins pitchy, the basal area castaneous. Pronotum with the anterior and posterior margins very pale ocliraceous, and with a large castaneous patch on each lateral area. Mesonotum pale ocliraceous, with two central and contiguous obconical pitchy spots at anterior margin, from which a similarly coloured linear fascia extends to base, where it is widened in front of the basal cruciform elevation, and with a wide castaneous fascia, narrowed posteriorly, on each lateral area. Abdomen above brownish-ocliraceous, with two pale pilose spots on each side near base, and the margin of the penultimate segment also palely pilose. Body beneath brownishochraceous ; the face, anterior femora and tibiae, intermediate and posterior femora, rostrum, and meso- and metasternums, castaneous ; intermediate and iwsterior tibise and tarsi pale ochraceous. Abdomen beneath as above.
Tegmina and wings pale hyaline ; the first with the basal third of venation ochraceous, remaining two-thirds fuscous ; the costal membrane castaneous ; wings with the venation fuscous, ochraceous at basal area.
The rostrum reaches the intermediate coxae; the face is extremely pointed and conical nt base. Long. excl. tegm. ? , 14 millim. Exp. tegm. 40 millim.
Hab. — Malayan Archipelago, Borneo, Sarawak: (Doria and Beccari — Genoa Mus.). 6. Mogannia sesioides. (Tab. XIV., figs. 12, a, h.)
Moganniasesioides,Walker,.Journ.Linn.Soc.Zool.vol.x. p.95,n.30(1867).
Body above brownish-ochraceous ; mesonotum either totally ochraceous, or with the lateral margins and basal cruciform elevation ochraceous; posterior margin of pronotum and posterior segmental margins ochraceous. Body beneath, and intermediate and posterior legs, pale ochraceous ; face, lateral margins of sternum, and anterior legs, pale castaneous. (Lateral margins of abdomen in a female specimen now beforemereddish-ochraceous,withfuscousspots.)
Tegmina and wings pale hyaline; tegmina with the costal membrane and postcostal area castaneous;. basal third pale ochraceous, with a narrow darker outer margin.
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